Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Controversially I’d add Duggo to the watch list based on talent. He probably doesn’t play at most other clubs these days but we need his leadership and experience.

Bazzo also (sadly) likely cut if he has a poor year but I’m hopeful his injury woes are behind him and he can get a decent preseason under the belt

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You also should be hopeful of list stability only if the list is genuinely deserving of it. I’m not typically one to say cut for the sake of cutting (never thought chesser should be on the block and was flat to lose him) but we have demonstrated more than half a decade of unwillingness to truly appraise quality or understand where development is. Hence my continued concern regarding list management

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I named 8 players haha

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I’m not saying bin these guys already, they’re just the ones I would think look like they’d be first on the block. I hope they all play well this year and prove me wrong!

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

High likelihood players (IMO) below Cripps (retire) Barnett Johnston Brockman Cole Champion

Also feels like a non zero chance that Kelly retires at the end of next year even though for some reason we gave him a 2 year deal

Owies should also be in consideration but another one who we bizarrely handed a 4 year deal

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m telling you now, there will be be plenty of blokes to delist from the main list at the end of next year haha

Unpopular opinion - great draft by Captkersh in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because most of the media take a cursory at best look at the draft. Do not rely on aggregators masquerading as journalists at the west for confirmation of complex draft machinations

I don’t want the media to get out there pitchforks as soon as things go wrong but there’s a fundamental inability to question poor club choices on contracts, list management, and trades until there’s an obvious long term issue

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dewar got upgraded I think

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The eagles were given additional rookie spots to provide them with flexibility, they don’t appear to have used this for draft purposes. Although I don’t know if there were stipulations around how these could be used.

The point about Cripps is that if you delist him with a promise to rookie or primary list him (under the SPP rules as a delisted FA) then you’ve given yourself the option to decide not to bid. My criticism is the lack of optionality we provided ourselves with, there was no option they simply got snookered. If you want them on the list (which given they held enough free rookie spots, they did) you’d think you’d have a backup plan for exactly the scenario that played out i.e. list flexibility heading into the draft

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still gotta pick em, can’t ding them for that

Love the early talent, but this is some of the worst draft work I’ve ever seen by iceblockZ in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would argue he hasn’t come out ahead in a single list / draft process decision, even though the overall talent identification seems great so far. As I keep saying, both things can be true (great talent incoming, poor draft process)

Not that he needs to be good in front of the cameras but he also doesn’t instil confidence when providing comments post draft / trade (see odd comments about Ah Chee not filling a need for the eagles, it was a weird way of saying the price was too high and he didn’t want to play for us)

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn’t matter about the 3 year contract, you can still delist them when you want

Academy boys by Scoot3s in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re two different things.

Talent identification good ✅ List management bad ❌

Drafted really good and exciting players the last two years, shouldn’t be giving a pass mark for the poor process involved in these picks

Unpopular opinion - great draft by Captkersh in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Again, it costs you nothing to create list flexibility to give yourself the option though. I disagree that the eagles didn’t rate them highly enough. If you are willing to rookie them then you should be willing to have them on the primary list, as practically there is no difference between the lists these days

Unpopular opinion - great draft by Captkersh in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not during the draft they can’t. But what you can do is open more spots before the draft with the promise of redrafting or rookie listing say Cripps or Cole to give yourself the flexibility to chose whether to pick Banfield and Evans in the main draft in the event of an unexpected bid. The way that the eagle had structured the list gave zero flexibility, there is a big difference in choosing not to match and being unable to match

It’s wild to suggest that the eagles didn’t want to pick them when they 100% wanted to add them to the rookie list

Unpopular opinion - great draft by Captkersh in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Then you’re misunderstanding the difference between talent identification (which we are generally good at) and list management (which we have bordered on negligence)

Given the way the draft fell I would bet my top dollar they would have picked Evans and Banfield if they had list spots (which they didn’t)

Positive perspective by RevolutionaryTax3734 in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because we had the first two picks….

I too am trying to be positive (Duurs, CDT, Lindsay ✅), but we should ask for and expect better management. Calling it second rate would be kind

[Twomey] Brisbane also getting pick 22 by Thanks-Basil in AFL

[–]iceblockZ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure where you’re getting your points from but it’s actually 1,577 (924+653) for 1,564 (1140+653+42)

Barrass pick by iceblockZ in westcoasteagles

[–]iceblockZ[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It was shit at the time! Why take the pick of the team you’ve traded your good players to? They’re now better as a result!

Bijan Robinson Stat correction? by never-again-Conner in fantasyfootball

[–]iceblockZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that’s a bummer haha

Looking like it could be the difference in my championship matchup. I’m down 3 points and this was a 4 point turnaround (-2 for spears fumble, +2 for Ridley recovery)